Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress, and must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer is Philip K. Dick`s last completed novel and a learned, moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief.
ISBN: 978-0-575-09901-2
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Imagine a world that is one of infinite parallel worlds, that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern, an all-powerful organisation whose operatives possess extraordinary powers. There is Temudjin Oh, an unkillable assassin who journeys between the high passes of Nepal, a version of Victorian London and a wintry Venice; Adrian Cubbish, restlessly greedy City trader; and the Philosopher, a state-sponsored torturer who moves between the time zones with sinister ease. Transition is a high-definition, hyper-real apocalyptic fable for terrible times.
ISBN: 978-0-349-11927-4
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
From a bestselling author of political fiction, a fast-paced, shattering thriller that carries us just beyond today`s headlines. On a busy Washington morning, amid the shuffle of tourists and the brisk rush of government officials, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a hail of gunfire. A group of terrorists has descended on the Executive Mansion, and gained access by means of a violent massacre that has left dozens of innocent bystanders murdered. Through the quick actions of the Secret Service, the president is evacuated to his underground bunker - but not before almost one hundred hostages are taken. While the politicians and the military leaders argue over how to negotiate with the terrorists, one man is sent to break...
ISBN: 978-0-7434-6825-1
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
With simple, engaging text and dynamic, vivid illustrations, these readers retell stories from the new Transfomers movie, opening in theaters on July 1, and ensure learning through action and adventure. Includes punch-outs. Full color. Consumable.
ISBN: 978-0-316-18628-5
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
"Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of the hero - sullen, gawky Hugh Person - to As a young publisher, Hugh is sent to interview R., falls in love with Armande on the way, wrests her, after multiple humiliations, from a grinning Scandinavian and returns to NY with his Eight years later - following a murder, a period of madness and a brief imprisonment - Hugh makes a lone sentimental journey to wheedle out his The several strands of dream, memory, and time [are] set off against the literary theorizing of R. and, more centrally, against the world of observable objects" - Martin Amis
ISBN: 978-0-679-72541-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
A world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern--an all-powerful organization with a malevolent presiding genius in possession of extraordinary powers?
ISBN: 9780316071987
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2009
The official prequel to the upcoming blockbuster film from executive producer Steven Spielberg, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks - the action-packed storyof the battle between the Autobots and the Deceptions.
ISBN: 978-0-345-49798-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Alors que le taxi qui l`a amené de Trux à Witt s`arrête devant l`hôtel Ascot, Hugh Person, éditeur américain entre deux âges, évoque ses trois séjours précédents dans cette minable station des Alpes suisses. Le premier, dix-huit ans plus tôt, a été marqué par deux événements tout aussi lugubres dans son souvenir: la mort de son père et sa première expérience sexuelle (avec une prostituée). Quelques années plus tard, invité à se rendre une deuxième fois en Suisse pour travailler avec un écrivain célèbre, Mr. , Hugh rencontre Armande, fille capricieuse d`un architecte belge et d`une Russe exilée,...
ISBN: 978-2-07-038690-1
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. Written by young Robert Stevenson, "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes" is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Stevenson started the twelve-day track through the wild Cevennes region of France and wrote down the whole way in this story. His only companion for the trip, as you can tell from the title, was a stubborn donkey named Modestine.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00207-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
On a hot August morning in 1963, the rural towf Grandville is covered with fliers announcing the coming of something extraordinary - a one-night-only performance of The Travelling Vampire Show, featuring Valeria, the only known vampire in captivity. For three local teenagers, it’s a show they don’t want to miss. The trouble is, the show starts at midnight and they’re supposed to be home by then. And in any case, Janks Field, where the show will take place, has been declared off-limits because of its own sinister history. But they can’t just sit at home and let Valeria do her thing without them, can they?
ISBN: 0-7472-5829-5
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
In 1960, when he was almost 60 years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover the United States, feeling he might have lost touch with its sights sounds and the essence of its people. This book decribes his travels in a pick-up truck across nearly 40 states with his dog Charlie, a French poodle.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118610-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother`s funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, a veteran of Europe`s hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society: mixing with hippies, war criminals, CIA men; smoking pot, breaking all the currency regulations and eventually coming alive after a dull suburban life. In Travels with my Aunt Graham Greene not only gives us intoxicating entertainment but also confronts us with some of the most perplexing of human dilemmas.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928258-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
An old man sits in a room, with a single door and window, a bed, a desk and a chair. Each day he awakes with no memory, unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room. Attached to the few objects around him are one-word, hand-written, labels and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photgraphs and four piles of paper. Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises. Who is he? What is he doing here? When did he arrive and how long will he remain? With any luck, time will tell us
ISBN: 978-0-312-94840-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues. Determining that he is locked in, the man - identified only as Mr. Blank - begins reading a manuscript he finds on the desk, the story of another prisoner, set in an alternate world the man doesn`t recognize. Nevertheless, the pages seem to have been left for him, along with a haunting set of photographs. As the day passes, various characters call on the man in his cell - vaguely familiar people, some who seem to resent him for crimes he can`t remember - and each brings frustrating hints of his...
This title includes an introduction and notes by Professor Roger Cardinal. The author of dozens of adventure novels and fantastical tales, Robert Louis Stevenson was also an enthusiast of travel, whether wandering on foot through France in the company of a donkey, crossing the plains of North America in a train crammed with emigrants, or cruising under sail with his wife in the waters of the Pacific. A lively curiosity stimulated his observations of distant places and unknown people: and this selection from his travel writings bears the imprint of a generous and plucky spirit, always eager to embrace the unfamiliar and the exotic. `There are no foreign lands`, Stevenson once wrote, `it is the traveller only who is foreign`. This volume...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-633-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Whether you`re in a car, train, boat or plane, long journeys will pass by in a flash with this fun-packed activity book. Includes over 200 pages packed with pen-and-paper puzzles to keep the whole family entertained, wherever you happen to be! Includes picture puzzles, holiday dot-to-dots and space for doodling and colouring. Perfect for slipping into your hand luggage.
An old man sits in a room, with a single door and window, a bed, a desk and a chair. Each day he awakes with no memory, unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room. Attached to the few objects around him are one-word, hand-written labels, and on the desk is a series of vaguely familiar black-and-white photographs and four piles of paper. Then a middle-aged woman called Anna enters and talks of pills and treatment, but also of love and promises. Who is this Mr Blank, and what is his fate? What does Anna represent from his past - and will he have enough time to ever make sense of the clues that arise? After the huge success of The Brooklyn Follies, his new novel sees Auster return to the metaphysical territory familiar from his...
ISBN: 978-0-571-23257-4
Издательство:
Faber
Дата выхода: август 2011
Read about the thrilling adventures of young Jim Hawkins and his friends who set sail for Treasure Island in search of treasure. But will Long John Silver get there first…?
ISBN: 9788877549273
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
